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Obama alludes to Trump's 'dark vision' in Clinton speech – campaign live Obama alludes to Trump's 'dark vision' in Clinton speech – campaign live
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Libertarian presidential tickets achieves ballot access in all 50 states, District of Columbia
The presidential campaign of former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has announced that the ticket has achieved ballot access in all 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia.
“With a majority of Americans wanting a choice other than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, today we now know for certain that on Election Day, every voter in America will have that alternative option,” Johnson said in a statement. “And today we also know that the only other option on every American voter’s ballot will be myself and Gov. [Bill] Weld.”
Calling the ballot-access process “a monumental task,” Johnson slightly shaded Green party candidate Jill Stein by reminding followers that the Libertarian party “will be the only ticket other than the Republicans and Democrats to do so.”
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The most powerful Super Pac supporting Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency has found an unlikely ally in its latest advertising salvo against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: the late Ronald Reagan.
In a spot released today and set to run in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the liberal Super Pac contrasts the conservative icon - using lines like “We are one nation under God, that black and white, we are one nation indivisible” - with Trump’s more aggressive statements from the campaign trail, including statements that he wished he could punch protestors in the face and announcing that he could shoot someone in the middle of New York’s Fifth Avenue
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Donald Trump releases childcare plan
In anticipation of a campaign event in Pennsylvania tonight in which he will detail a new proposed childcare policy, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has emailed a fact sheet about the proposals to members of the press. The plan, Trump vows, “will allow a family to make the choice of whether a parent should work outside the home or not without bias from the tax code”.
Here are some of the salient details:
How does he plan to pay for it?
“The child care plan itself can more than be offset by additional growth.”
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Jake Tapper, on pillory against people who oppose Isis:Jake Tapper, on pillory against people who oppose Isis:
That has never happened. In the history of the world.That has never happened. In the history of the world.
Wow, @jaketapper has absolutely had it with @KatrinaPierson pic.twitter.com/O6EpjgpqDQWow, @jaketapper has absolutely had it with @KatrinaPierson pic.twitter.com/O6EpjgpqDQ
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DNC chair pins latest leak on Russia acting in Donald Trump's interestsDNC chair pins latest leak on Russia acting in Donald Trump's interests
The Democratic National Committee has released a statement in response to the latest release of documents obtained via a hack of its databases, drawing a connection between the likely perpetrators of the cyberattack and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.The Democratic National Committee has released a statement in response to the latest release of documents obtained via a hack of its databases, drawing a connection between the likely perpetrators of the cyberattack and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“The DNC is the victim of a crime - an illegal cyberattack by Russian state-sponsored agents who seek to harm the Democratic party and progressive groups in an effort to influence the presidential election,” said interim party chair Donna Brazile in a statement released this evening.“The DNC is the victim of a crime - an illegal cyberattack by Russian state-sponsored agents who seek to harm the Democratic party and progressive groups in an effort to influence the presidential election,” said interim party chair Donna Brazile in a statement released this evening.
“There’s one person who stands to benefit from these criminal acts, and that’s Donald Trump,” Brazile continued. “Not only has Trump embraced Putin, he publicly encouraged further Russian espionage to help his campaign. Like so many of the words Trump has uttered this election season, his statements encouraging cybercrime are dangerous, divisive and unprecedented.”“There’s one person who stands to benefit from these criminal acts, and that’s Donald Trump,” Brazile continued. “Not only has Trump embraced Putin, he publicly encouraged further Russian espionage to help his campaign. Like so many of the words Trump has uttered this election season, his statements encouraging cybercrime are dangerous, divisive and unprecedented.”
Brazile said that the DNC anticipated that more documents “stolen by Russian agents” would be released, and pledged to continue beefing up the party’s cybersecurity efforts in the wake of the hacks.Brazile said that the DNC anticipated that more documents “stolen by Russian agents” would be released, and pledged to continue beefing up the party’s cybersecurity efforts in the wake of the hacks.
“The DNC takes cybersecurity and privacy very seriously,” Brazile said. “We will continue working to strengthen the security of our information and to cooperate with law enforcement authorities so that those responsible for this crime can be held accountable.”“The DNC takes cybersecurity and privacy very seriously,” Brazile said. “We will continue working to strengthen the security of our information and to cooperate with law enforcement authorities so that those responsible for this crime can be held accountable.”
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Sabrina SiddiquiSabrina Siddiqui
The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui has more on President Barack Obama’s first solo campaign appearance:The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui has more on President Barack Obama’s first solo campaign appearance:
Barack Obama marked his first solo campaign appearance this cycle by accusing Republicans of fanning the flames of “anger and hate” while dubbing Donald Trump’s entire persona as counter to the values of the nation he has led for eight years.Barack Obama marked his first solo campaign appearance this cycle by accusing Republicans of fanning the flames of “anger and hate” while dubbing Donald Trump’s entire persona as counter to the values of the nation he has led for eight years.
“What we’ve seen from the other side in this election, this isn’t Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party. This isn’t even the vision of freedom that Ronald Reagan talked about,” Obama told thousands of supporters in Philadelphia on Tuesday, adding that Trump was offering “a dark, pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, we turn away from the rest of the world”.“What we’ve seen from the other side in this election, this isn’t Abraham Lincoln’s Republican party. This isn’t even the vision of freedom that Ronald Reagan talked about,” Obama told thousands of supporters in Philadelphia on Tuesday, adding that Trump was offering “a dark, pessimistic vision of a country where we turn against each other, we turn away from the rest of the world”.
“They’re not offering serious solutions. They’re just fanning resentment and blame and anger and hate. And that is not the America we know. That’s not the America I know.”“They’re not offering serious solutions. They’re just fanning resentment and blame and anger and hate. And that is not the America we know. That’s not the America I know.”
With Hillary Clinton sidelined this week while recovering from pneumonia, Obama reinforced many of themes the Democratic nominee has made central to her campaign. In particular, the president ridiculed Trump’s professions of admiration toward Vladimir Putin.With Hillary Clinton sidelined this week while recovering from pneumonia, Obama reinforced many of themes the Democratic nominee has made central to her campaign. In particular, the president ridiculed Trump’s professions of admiration toward Vladimir Putin.
Recounting how Trump appeared on the Kremlin-backed television network RT “to talk down our military and to curry favor” with the Russian president, Obama added incredulously: “He loves this guy.”Recounting how Trump appeared on the Kremlin-backed television network RT “to talk down our military and to curry favor” with the Russian president, Obama added incredulously: “He loves this guy.”
“Can you imagine Ronald Reagan idolizing somebody like that? Think about the fact that that is Donald Trump’s role model.”“Can you imagine Ronald Reagan idolizing somebody like that? Think about the fact that that is Donald Trump’s role model.”
“I have to do business with Putin, I have to do business with Russia, that’s part of foreign policy,” he added, “but I don’t go around saying that’s my role model.”“I have to do business with Putin, I have to do business with Russia, that’s part of foreign policy,” he added, “but I don’t go around saying that’s my role model.”
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Donald Trump will appear on Sean Hannity’s pressure-cooker for an interview tonight:Donald Trump will appear on Sean Hannity’s pressure-cooker for an interview tonight:
TONIGHT on #Hannity: @realDonaldTrump talks Hillary’s health, new attacks and campaign strategy. Tune in at 10p ET. pic.twitter.com/t25JVwVmXATONIGHT on #Hannity: @realDonaldTrump talks Hillary’s health, new attacks and campaign strategy. Tune in at 10p ET. pic.twitter.com/t25JVwVmXA
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Donald Trump, on Ivanka Trump’s family policy:Donald Trump, on Ivanka Trump’s family policy:
Daddy, daddy, we have to do this.Daddy, daddy, we have to do this.
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Illinois senator and #NeverTrump Republican Mark Kirk, locked in a tight race with congresswoman Tammy Duckworth for his seat in the US Senate, has released a Spanish-language advertisement aimed at Latino voters in the hopes of further distancing himself from his party’s presidential candidate.Illinois senator and #NeverTrump Republican Mark Kirk, locked in a tight race with congresswoman Tammy Duckworth for his seat in the US Senate, has released a Spanish-language advertisement aimed at Latino voters in the hopes of further distancing himself from his party’s presidential candidate.
In the advertisement - titled Su Senador, or Your Senator - Kirk tells Spanish-speaking Illinois voters that “Yo no apoyo a Trump,” or “I do not support Trump” in English, and that he has spoken out against the candidate’s invective against a Latino federal judge: “Ni puedo appear ni apoyar Donald Trump.”In the advertisement - titled Su Senador, or Your Senator - Kirk tells Spanish-speaking Illinois voters that “Yo no apoyo a Trump,” or “I do not support Trump” in English, and that he has spoken out against the candidate’s invective against a Latino federal judge: “Ni puedo appear ni apoyar Donald Trump.”
Kirk learned Spanish as a college student studying abroad in Mexico, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.Kirk learned Spanish as a college student studying abroad in Mexico, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Donald Trump plans to pitch himself as champion for womenDonald Trump plans to pitch himself as champion for women
As Hillary Clinton’s absence from the campaign trail continues, Donald Trump is attempting to use the opportunity to recast himself as a champion for working women, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Dan Roberts in Washington and Sabrina Siddiqui in Philadelphia:As Hillary Clinton’s absence from the campaign trail continues, Donald Trump is attempting to use the opportunity to recast himself as a champion for working women, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and Dan Roberts in Washington and Sabrina Siddiqui in Philadelphia:
But the Republican presidential candidate’s new pitch comes as Barack Obama,who is as popular as he has been since 2009, hit the campaign trail on behalf of his former secretary of state.But the Republican presidential candidate’s new pitch comes as Barack Obama,who is as popular as he has been since 2009, hit the campaign trail on behalf of his former secretary of state.
Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka. Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit. His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral.Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka. Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit. His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral.
The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said.The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said.
Trump already has promised a significant tax cut as well as major increases in defense and infrastructure spending on the campaign trail without cutting spending on entitlements such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid.Trump already has promised a significant tax cut as well as major increases in defense and infrastructure spending on the campaign trail without cutting spending on entitlements such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Clinton unveiled a plan for universal preschool with increased federal funding in June 2015.Clinton unveiled a plan for universal preschool with increased federal funding in June 2015.
In a rally in Iowa this afternoon, Trump told the crowd: “It’s almost like, I was thinking about it in the last couple of weeks in particular, they want these other countries to do so well ... because nobody can make deals that badly.”In a rally in Iowa this afternoon, Trump told the crowd: “It’s almost like, I was thinking about it in the last couple of weeks in particular, they want these other countries to do so well ... because nobody can make deals that badly.”
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign has issued the political communications equivalent of an eyeroll in response to reports that Ivanka Trump will join her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania this evening to detail his plans to expand paid parental leave for new mothers.Hillary Clinton’s campaign has issued the political communications equivalent of an eyeroll in response to reports that Ivanka Trump will join her father, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania this evening to detail his plans to expand paid parental leave for new mothers.
“After spending his entire career - and this entire campaign - demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” said policy aide Maya Harris. “The lack of seriousness of this proposal is no surprise given his history of disrespecting women in the workplace and the fact there’s no evidence he ever provided paid family leave or childcare to his own employees.”“After spending his entire career - and this entire campaign - demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” said policy aide Maya Harris. “The lack of seriousness of this proposal is no surprise given his history of disrespecting women in the workplace and the fact there’s no evidence he ever provided paid family leave or childcare to his own employees.”
Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka, as he attempts to claw back a historic poll deficit among white college educated women. Although his Republican predecessor Mitt Romney won that demographic by six points in 2012, Trump now trails Clinton by a margin of 50-40 points with this group, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll.Trump will unveil his plans for government tax subsidies for childcare on Tuesday alongside his daughter Ivanka, as he attempts to claw back a historic poll deficit among white college educated women. Although his Republican predecessor Mitt Romney won that demographic by six points in 2012, Trump now trails Clinton by a margin of 50-40 points with this group, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll.
Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit (EITC). His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral.Trump’s plan would allow childcare expenses to be tax-deductible for all individuals making under $250,000, up to the average cost of childcare in that person’s state, as well as expanding rebates for those who do not pay income taxes, through the earned income tax credit (EITC). His campaign declined to explain how this would be paid for, saying only that it would be part of a comprehensive tax reform and economic plan which would be revenue neutral.
The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said.The campaign also said Trump would announce a program to provide mothers with six weeks of paid maternity leave. The paid leave, which would provide these mothers unemployment insurance for six weeks as opposed to paying them their salaries, would be funded by reducing fraud in the current unemployment insurance program, the campaign said.
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This digital billboard, to be displayed in New York City’s Times Square - not exactly a swing district - depicts Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a trademark-skirting superhero known as “Super Trump.”
The advertisement, paid for by informal advisor and Guardian reader Roger Stone, will be played on a 55-foot billboard in Times Square.
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Donald Trump has finished speaking outside Des Moines. He told people to vote – but did not remind them how:
Trump ends w message to vote Nov 8; Obama ended w message to register to vote by Oct. 11 (Penn) and gave website to do so
Subtle but this is a very tangible difference between a real campaign and Trump's. https://t.co/7g5w8QAIfW
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“I need you,” Obama says. “Let’s get busy, let’s get to work.”
He taps the mic. And there is a lot of applause.
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Obama: 'Hillary Clinton is steady. And she is true'
We always like the new shiny thing. I benefitted from that when I was a candidate. We take for granted what is steady and what is true. And Hillary Clinton is steady. And she is true.
Obama addresses young people: “You may not remember ... all the good that has come from her efforts …but you need to remember ... if you’re serious about our democracy, you’ve got to be with her. She’s in the arena, and you can’t leave her in there by herself. You’ve got to get in there.
“This is not reality TV. Democracy is not a spectator sport. You don’t tweet in your vote. America is not about maybe he will, it’s about yes we can.
“The time has come for me to pass the baton on, but I know that Hillary’s going to take it ... and she’s going to win that race...
“I need you to work as hard for Hillary as you did for me.”
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Obama slams press for 'frivolous' coverage
We cannot take this election for granted. We’ve got to fight for this thing.
Then he says a lot in the campaign coverage is frivolous:
I sure do get frustrated with the way this campaign is covered. I’m just telling the truth. .. Do you mind if I just vent for a second?
You don’t grade the presidency on a curve. This is serious business. And when we see folks talking about transparency ... you’ve got one candidate in this race who’s released decades worth of her tax returns. The other candidate is the first in decades who refuses to release any at all.
You want to debate foundations?
Obama says Trump’s foundation “took money other people gave to charity and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself. He had the taste not to go for the 10-foot version, but...”
That gets laughs.
He says Trump is not qualified in any way. He “says stuff every day that used to be considered disqualifying ... and yet because he says it over and over and over again, the press just gives up,” Obama says.
Obama says that on Trump’s claims to have opposed the Iraq invasion, despite the fact that he favored the invasion at first, the media lets it go – “they just accept it.”
Matt Lauer. But not many others.
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Obama urges the audience to vote.
“We can fix our broken immigration system. But we can’t keep sending Republicans to Congress who stand in the way.”
“We can keep making progress against climate change ... this is not some liberal plot, it’s a problem. But we’ve got to vote for people who understand that it’s real.”
Obama says Clinton has “real plans.”
“Just remember that for months now, the Republicans in the senate have refused to do their job and fill the vacant seat on the supreme court.. they want to see Donald Trump fill it, with someone who sees the world as he does. Imagine that. Who would that person be.”
The court makes decisions “from a woman’s right to choose to your right to vote,” he says.
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Obama: Clinton 'knows that love trumps hate'
Clinton “knows that love trumps hate,” Obama says.
“These days our politics doesn’t always lend itself to our ideals,” Obama says.
“But I promise you, when we stay at it, progress does happen. And if you don’t believe it, ask the 20 million who have healthcare.
We’ve got somebody who fainted. This is what happens. They’ll be OK. Just give them a little room. Everybody bend their knees one time ... Drink some water. I love you too but bend your knees.
Anybody have a fainting joke?
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Obama says Putin is Trump's 'role model'
Obama hits Trump for his Putin love:
Then you’ve got the Donald, who just last week went on Russian state television to talk down our military and to curry favor with Vladimir Putin.
He loves this guy.. think of what’s happened to the Republican party. They used to be opposed to Russia ... and now their nominee is out there praising a guy, saying he’s a strong leader because he invades smaller countries ... and drives his economy into depression..
Think about this.
‘He’s a strong guy. Look he’s got an 82% poll rating.’ Look, Saddam Hussein had a 90% poll rating. ... When you jail dissidents, that’s what happens. ..
Think about the fact that that is Donald Trump’s role model. I have to do business with Putin.. but I don’t go around saying that’s my role model. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan praising somebody like that? He saw America as a shining city on a hill. Donald Trump calls it a divided crime scene.
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Obama says Trump is fake working class hero
She doesn’t quit. That’s the Hillary I know. That’s why I want her elected.
I believe there’s never been a man or woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as our president.
Obama says Clinton has specific plans to address Americans’ concerns. “And I know that these days in campaigns the plans sometimes get ignored ... and then there’s the other guy. Donald Trump.”
Boos.
“Don’t boo. Vote. Don’t boo. Vote. Booing is easy. I need you to vote.
“He’s not really a plans guy, a fact guy. He calls himself a business guy. But America’s got a lot of businessmen and women who succeeded without hiding their tax returns or leaving a trail of lawsuits...
Then Obama nails Trump for faux working-class solidarity:
I keep reading, well Trump’s got support from working folks. Really? This is the guy you want representing working people?
He spent most of his life trying to stay as far away from worknig people as he could...
He wasn’t going to let you on his golf course. He wasn’t going to let you buy in his condo. And this guy’s going to be your champion?
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Obama: 'closest you can come' to presidency is 'where Hillary's been'
Obama says he fought hard against Clinton. “I was going up the Rocky steps. And I turned around, and she was right there. She’s tough.”
He talks about working with Clinton for four years, effusively praising her hard work, “tirelessly flying around the world again and again, I don’t know how many times she lapped the world.”
“If there’s one thing I can tell you Philadelphia, nobody fully understand the demands of my job ... before you can sit behind that desk.”
He’s interrupted by chant of Thank you! Thank you!
“I’m not finished yet,” he says. “I got a few more months.” He’s applauded.
What you come to realize when you’re in this job is, anybody can pop off, anybody can fire off a tweet ... but you don’t know what it’s like to manage a global crisis ... but the closest you can come to understanding what it’s like is to be where Hillary’s been.
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